Magda Havas, PhD
Associate Professor, Environment & Resource Studies, Trent University, Canada.
Expert in radiofrequency (RF) radiation, electromagnetic fields, dirty electricity, and ground current.
“Radio frequency radiation and other forms of electromagnetic pollution are harmful at orders of magnitude well below existing guidelines. Science is one of the tools society uses to decide health policy. In the case of telecommunications equipment, such as cell phones, wireless networks, cell phone antennas, PDAs, and portable phones, the science is being ignored.
Current guidelines urgently need to be re-examined by government and reduced to reflect the state of the science. There is an emerging public health crisis at hand and time is of the essence.”
Read more of what experts have to say about electromagnetic radiation.
Why you need dirty electricity filters
Dirty electricity is a major health hazard and is literally everywhere in the modern world. Unless you live deep in the woods or the country, and are off-grid, you can’t escape dirty electricity. Virtually every appliance and device creates dirty electricity and it’s also flowing through the grid even when nothing is running or plugged in.
You can mitigate the impact of dirty electricity by getting dirty electricity filters for your home, office, or other space.
Have solar power?
Skip the DE filters.
If you have solar power and use a solar inverter, dirty electricity filters won’t work for your setup. Solar inverters produce an excessively high amount of dirty electricity and the plug-in DE filters will make it worse because they carry a capacitive load while a solar inverter carries an inductive load. For more information on this, watch the video embedded below.
To reduce dirty electricity in a solar powered home, you’ll need to consult with a professional to figure out a different approach to shielding your home. However, since you can’t filter the DE directly from the lines, you’ll need to shield your walls in every room, which is a big project.
Have a backup generator?
Unplug your DE filters before use.
Running DE filters on generator power isn’t a good idea; it will force your generator to increase its voltage, which lowers the power output and will create more dirty electricity.
Why does this happen?
A generator carries an inductive load. Dirty electricity filters carry a capacitive load. Both inductive and capacitive loads affect AC current in ways that create a slight phase shift between the current and voltage. unfortunately, these differences oppose each other and clash.
With a capacitive load, the current leads the voltage. With an inductive load, the voltage leads the current. When you add a capacitor (DE filter) to your circuit powered by induction, it forces the generator to increase voltage output, the maximum power output of the generator drops, which makes the generator less efficient.
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